Ensure Compliance.
Empower Care.

Meet the new Aged Care Quality Standards (ACQS) with confidence – streamline your Advance Care Planning and Restrictive Practice processes and protect wishes at every stage of care.

Touchstone Life Care transforms compliance from a burden to a benefit. Our FHIR-enabled platform integrates real-time documentation to My Health Record – is version controlled with audit reporting and secure sharing and all aligned to the legislative changes from Nov 1, 2025. Designed to deliver enhanced person-centred care for your organisation.

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Stay Ahead & Meet The New Standards

From November 1, 2025, the New Aged Care Act and Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards require all registered providers to implement robust advance care planning processes. Our solution ensures you meet every mandate—seamlessly and efficiently. Designed for both Residential (RHC) and Home Care (HC) providers, reduce your exposure and risk of non-compliance and penalties and talk to us today.

How Touchstone Life Care Fits
Into The Care Workflow

Provider

Invites individual to upload their important documents.

Individual

Creates an account to share documents to trusted contacts and My Health Record.

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Emergency Responder

Scans QR code for 24/7 access to Care Plans.

Why We're Different

The right plan, at the right time - secure, retrievable and shareable

Centralise, Share, and Update important documentation for Advance Care Planning, Power of Attorney, and Restrictive Practice Consent forms – in one easy-to-use digital platform. Our software is FHIR AU-CORE compliant – meaning we provide leading technology that ensures secure, standardised sharing of health data & information to future proof your organisation.

Advance Care Plans must be accessible to the right decision-makers and available during every transition of care. Our platform was created by a medical doctor with decades of lived experience in the health system. We’ve spent years navigating the complex health system, to really understand what Aged Care Providers and Australians need, making it simple for you in care delivery and compliance.

TLC Advance Care Plan

Integrated, secure digital storage and sharing of care planning documents.

Final version presents the most vital information on page 1 so your doctors can quickly see what you want

Real-time accessibility of the latest document version for authorised staff.

Touchstone designed as a guided conversation making it easy to answer questions

Provide evidence of compliance with one click.

Select your plan

Documented reporting of sharing with trusted contacts.

TLC Advance Care Plan

Supporting you to focus on care, not paperwork.

TLC Advance care plan

Helping you improve resident wellbeing at reduced cost.

TLC Advance Care Plan

Built for aged care, designed with carers and consumers in mind.

A national solution with local support that navigate's Australia's evolving care landscape.

Technology that fits within your organisation.

Respect Diversity & Honour Every Person’s Wishes

A completed form is just the beginning and Advance Care Planning isn’t just compliance—it’s about dignity and choice.

Our platform helps:

Home Care Providers
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Expert Guidance And Training

Navigating new standards can be complex. We’re here to help:

Get Ready For November 2025

Book a demo to speak with our Solutions Team today to ensure your organisation is fully prepared for the new Aged Care Quality Standards.

How It Works

Step

1

Plan

Complete forms and values

An individual completes their State or Territory’s Advance Care Directive, Plan or Goals of Care form — or form created by their GP, lawyer, or advisor, or other document of their choice.

Step

2

Upload

Upload ACP and other labelled documents
How It Works

Individuals upload their plans, plus other documents from our Dropdown list for a comprehensive labelled plan.

Our award-winning guided questionnaire can be used for self-reflection before completing legal forms.

Step

3

Share

Individuals and families live with peace of mind
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They select and share with unlimited trusted contacts, plus health providers, and aged/home care teams.

Plans can be found in an emergency – anywhere, anytime, even interstate or overseas.

Step

4

Select

Link your plan with My Health Record

Your customers select documents to be linked with My Health Record and other medical care systems.

Step

5

Add

To your own Personal Legacy Vault
Share

Offer your customers a Personal Legacy Vault that allows them to also share selected documents privately and securely.

Why We Matter

The Impact
Of Our Solution

Read our independent Impact Evaluation Report from a Pilot with leading provider – Whiddon, which showcases that our platform not only improves access, compliance and urgent, end-of-life care but also boosts staff confidence and family engagement.

80%

of residents had a digital ACP

95%

of staff increased their ACP knowledge

94%

of staff are more confident in ACP discussions

Trusted By

What’s changing on Nov 1, 2025:

Quality Standard Relevant Clause Touchstone Alignment
Standard 1: Consumer Dignity and Choice
1(1)(a)-(g)
Plans reflect individual values, enable supported decision-making, promote independence, and ensure respectful planning processes. Dementia-specific adaptations and diversity inclusiveness are built in.
Standard 2: Assessment and Planning
2(1)-(5)
2(1)-(5) Covers holistic, person-centred assessment; supports shared planning; generates Goals of Care documents and tracks review history. Accommodates planning with cognitive or communication support needs.
Standard 3: Personal and Clinical Care
3(1)-(5)
Preferences for medical treatment and palliative care are documented and easily accessible for frontline care teams. Clear documentation supports ethical and legal obligations regarding restrictive practices.
Standard 4: Services and Supports for Daily Living
4(1)-(5)
Personal care preferences (e.g., nutrition, hygiene, routines) can be included in plans and communicated with teams
Standard 5: Feedback and Complaints
5(1)-(5)
Consumer-controlled sharing encourages dialogue and self-advocacy. Providers can track documentation for complaint follow-up
Standard 6: Governance
6(1)-(7)
Digital governance tools, secure storage, sharing controls, access logs, and review reports
Standard 7: Workforce
7(1)-(6)
Tool can be used to train staff in consumer-directed care and support workforce to meet individual care needs
Standard 8: Clinical Governance
8(1)-(6)
Digital platform integrates into clinical workflows, ensures documentation compliance, provides defensible records in audits. Ensures oversight of restrictive practices and lawful consent workflows.